Arriving at Cocoyasi Village.

The sixth day since leaving Baratie.

Can Yue and the others were soon to arrive at Cocoyasi Village.

Everyone was gathered around the dining table, eating the lunch Sanji had prepared.

With big fish, big meat, and big bones, Luffy's mouth was slick with grease.

The others were long accustomed to Luffy's eating habits.

Sanji muttered to himself, his face full of infatuation.

"What must Nami's hometown be like?

It must smell wonderful."

Usopp looked disdainful. "What's the connection between those two sentences?"

Nami smiled slightly, seeming to be in a much better mood today.

She looked at Can Yue. "Can I personally finish Arlong?"

"You can," Can Yue responded directly.

Zoro, sitting beside Can Yue, took a big gulp of sake, the corners of his mouth turning up as if anticipating something.

"I heard Fish-Men are quite strong. I wonder if they have any swordsmen."

Can Yue thought for a moment and replied to Zoro, "When fighting the swordsmen here, you're only allowed to use one sword."

Zoro looked dismissive upon hearing this. "Fine, now that you say that, I've lost all interest."

Johnny and Joseph reminded him, "Big Brother, you only have one sword left."

Just as everyone was enjoying their meal, Shushu suddenly started barking outside.

Can Yue sensed it immediately and knew what had happened.

A massive Sea Beast had blocked the Merry's path.

Everyone walked out of the restaurant together and saw the giant sea cow, its head alone as large as the Merry.

The sea cow let out a roar at the people on the Merry.

A strong, foul breath emanated from its sharp fangs and mouth, blowing towards them.

At this terrifying sight, Usopp, Nami, Johnny, and Joseph, suppressing their nausea, all huddled together in fear.

Sanji saw the four of them acting this way and instantly became enraged, his forehead practically steaming.

"You bastards! Who told you to huddle around Nami?"

With that, he kicked them all away, one by one.

After dealing with the three men, Sanji lit a cigarette and looked at the sea cow.

"What is this guy doing here?"

Can Yue knew perfectly well. "Looking for food."

"Oh, I see." Sanji blew out a smoke ring and headed towards the kitchen.

The chef's professionalism was indeed high, but the moment the sea cow mooed and opened its mouth, intending to swallow Sanji, who was bringing it food, whole...

Sanji abandoned his so-called professional demeanor and kicked the mooing creature away.

For this, Sanji was mocked by Zoro for a long time.

In the mere two and a half hours before reaching Cocoyasi Village, the two of them had fought a total of five times.

The noisy atmosphere gradually helped Nami, who had been feeling a bit tense, to relax.

Cocoyasi Village was located on a large island in the East Blue.

It was one of many villages on the island.

Eight years ago, the New Fish-Man Pirates, led by Fish-Man Arlong, arrived on this island.

Relying on the superior physical abilities of Fish-Men compared to humans, they quickly established dominance here.

In their eyes, humans were merely pigs and sheep to be exploited.

Those who couldn't pay the protection money were all killed.

Among them was Nami's adoptive mother, Bellemere.

At this moment, Arlong of the Fish-Man Pirates was having a lively conversation with Captain Nezumi of a certain East Blue Marine branch.

Arlong thanked Captain Nezumi with a seemingly friendly demeanor.

"Here's this month's payment. Please take it."

Captain Nezumi weighed the Belly in his hand and replied with satisfaction.

"Hee hee, my dear Arlong is as honest as ever."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries.

As Captain Nezumi was leaving, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Arlong.

"A new pirate crew has risen in the East Blue recently, you should know about them."

Arlong dismissed it with a wave of his hand.

"A human pirate crew, why should I pay attention to them?"

Due to the animosity between Fish-Men and humans, Arlong and his crew were very reluctant to pay attention to human affairs.

Therefore, they only forced themselves to read the newspapers every two to three months.

If it weren't for their need to understand humans to get revenge, they might never have bothered reading human newspapers at all.

Captain Nezumi, seeing Arlong's arrogance, initially didn't want to warn him.

But then he thought that as long as Arlong existed, he would continue to profit.

He really couldn't let this guy mess up.

"Arlong, remember this: if you encounter the Straw Hat Pirates, it's best not to provoke them."

Upon hearing this, Arlong and Hachi, along with many of his subordinates, burst into laughter.

"To us Fish-Men, any human pirate crew is trash."

"What if this pirate crew defeated Buggy?"

At these words, the entire place fell silent.

"What do you mean? That Buggy? He was defeated?"

This information made Arlong instantly sit up straight.

Captain Nezumi scoffed inwardly.

Human pirate crews are trash? Why is he so tense at the mention of Buggy?

However, regarding the specifics of how the Straw Hat Crew defeated Buggy, he, as a division captain, didn't know the full story, only what he remembered from the newspaper.

"The Straw Hat Pirates used strategy, and all their members worked together to defeat the East Blue overlord, Buggy."

Arlong, Hachi, and the many Fish-Men heard this.

The anxiety in their hearts subsided slightly.

Arlong pondered.

'If we lure Buggy out to sea using a trick, and then attack him from underwater, we should be able to defeat him too.'

With this thought, Arlong's confident smile returned.

"If this pirate crew doesn't provoke us, then there will be no trouble.

If they come looking for us, we'll let them experience the terror of Fish-Men."

"Sha~ Hahahaha!"

Seeing this, Captain Nezumi said no more and turned to leave with his subordinates.

On the way back, Captain Nezumi wore a cunning smile.

"The Straw Hat Pirates are definitely strong, but the Fish-Man Pirates are not weak either.

If they fight, perhaps I can profit from their conflict.

Jijijijiji~"

"Wow, we're here, we're here!"

Luffy, sitting on his special sheep's head, stretched.

"Nami, is that your hometown?"

Nami took a deep breath and looked at the village in front of the dock.

"Yes, that's my hometown, Cocoyasi Village."

Luffy chuckled, jumped onto the deck, and rhythmically patted his belly with his hands.

"Land ho, ashore, Nami, treat us to a meal!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luffy received an angry blow from Zoro and Sanji.

"If you don't know how to speak, just shut your mouth."

With that, Sanji shoved a bone with meat into Luffy's mouth.

Nami's gaze drifted, as if recalling something.

After a while, she smiled.

"It's not far from my home anyway, so let's all go have a meal together."

Saying that, she looked at Can Yue, fidgeting with her hands in front of her chest, and asked with a slight blush.

"Is that okay?"

Seeing this, Can Yue's skin crawled, his expression stiff.

A moment later, Nami burst into laughter.

"Can Yue, you're so pure. Hahahaha."

Immediately, Nami felt a wave of pure black energy pressing down on her.

Nami's pores stood on end. She stuck out her tongue and said, "I was wrong!"

Seeing that Nami was in good spirits and showed no signs of distress, the others also relaxed.

Led by Nami, the Straw Hat Crew, now five men, one woman, one dog, and two unofficial members, walked together towards Nami's house behind the village.

At this moment, a hundred meters behind the Merry, a fish-man's head suddenly emerged.

It was a fish-man entirely purple.

He looked at the people ahead and slowly muttered to himself.

"Nami has returned with people from a pirate crew.

Something's not right. I have to report this to Brother Arlong."